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Botnet of 140,000 Cameras, DVRs Behind Biggest DoS Ever

ID: da2be6e1-ccc8-56c7-be7d-da468588343b

STIX ID: report--da2be6e1-ccc8-56c7-be7d-da468588343b

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2016-09-28

Date Updated: 2026-05-06

Author: Paul Roberts

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The report describes a massive IoT-based DDoS campaign that used an estimated 145,607 compromised cameras and DVRs to generate attacks peaking at ~799 Gbps and totaling over 1.5 Tbps, disrupting services at OVH and linked to a separate attack on Brian Krebs; it highlights the use of default credentials and SOHO/IoT devices as the primary infection vector and references related botnets (LizardStresser, Kaiten variants).

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